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Article #1017Re: 287 on a 386 machine
From: Michael Schuster
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 17:06
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 17:06
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In article <1991Jan9.004654.21586@research.canon.oz.au> graeme@research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) writes: > >I was recently in a computer store where I saw a brochure for a 386 >motherboard (can't remember if it was a DX or SX motherboard) from Taiwan. >In the specs under coprocessors it says that it can take either a >287 or a 387 maths coprocessor. Is this at all possible with either a DX or SX? Early 386 chips supported the 80287 since at the time there was no 80387. I believe 80287 support was dropped as of the D-step of the 80386, which was about mid 1988. Taiwan, Inc. seems not to care, and goes on happily producing (and advertising) boards with sockets than nobody can use. -- l\ /l ' _ Mike Schuster ...!cmcl2!panix!schuster l \/ l l l/ (_ NY Public Access CIS:70346,1745 l l l l\ (_ UNIX Systems MCI Mail,GEnie:MSCHUSTER
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!phri!cmcl2!panix!schuster From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 287 on a 386 machine Message-ID: <1991Jan9.170613.13951@panix.uucp> Date: 9 Jan 91 17:06:13 GMT References: <1991Jan9.004654.21586@research.canon.oz.au> Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY Lines: 17